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Rosetta’s Comet Keeps On Jetting Even After the Sun Goes Down

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko certainly isn't a comet that dreads sundown. Images acquired by the OSIRIS instrument aboard ESA's Rosetta spacecraft in April 2015…

9 years ago

Hubble Captures a Collision in a Black Hole’s “Death Star” Beam

Even the Empire's planet-blasting battle station has nothing compared to the immense energy being fired from the heart of NGC 3862, a supermassive black…

9 years ago

Dust Whirls, Swirls and Twirls at Rosetta’s Comet

Tell me this montage shouldn't be hanging in the Lourve Museum. Every time I think I've seen the "best image"…

9 years ago

Rosetta’s Comet Really “Blows Up” in Latest Images

First off: no, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is not about to explode or disintegrate. But as it steadily gets nearer to the Sun the…

9 years ago

Rosetta Sees Fascinating Changes in Comet 67P

It only makes sense. Sunlight heats a comet and causes ice to vaporize. This leads to changes in the appearance…

9 years ago

Rosetta’s Comet in Thrilling 3-D

She's gonna blow! Rosetta's navigation camera recently grabbed our best view yet of the geyser-like jets spraying from the nucleus of Comet…

9 years ago

New Mosaic Reveals Jets Blasting from Rosetta’s Comet

Hidden among the four new images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko released by ESA this week are a pair of dusty jets…

10 years ago

Numerous Jets Spied with New Sky Survey

Jets — narrow beams of matter spat out at a high speed — typically accompany the most enigmatic astronomical objects.…

10 years ago

Observing Alert: Distant Blazar 3C 454.3 in Outburst, Visible in Amateur Telescopes

Have an 8-inch or larger telescope? Don't mind staying up late? Excellent. Here's a chance to stare deeper into the…

10 years ago

Hubble Discovers Water Plumes Erupting from Europa

It's been known since 2005 that Saturn's 300-mile-wide moon Enceladus has geysers spewing ice and dust out into orbit from…

10 years ago